Penholder



(No Model.)

W. 0; MULDER. PENHOLDER.

No. 581,757. Patented May 4, 1897.

Unrrnn STATES PATENT @FFICE- \VILLIAM C. MULDER, OF NEIV ORLEANS,LOUISIANA.

PENHOLD ER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 581,757, dated May 4,1897.

Application filed May 8, 1896. Serial No. 590,685. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern- Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. MULDER, acitizen of the United States, residing at New Orleans, in the parish ofOrleans and State of Louisiana, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Penholders; and I do hereby declare the following to bea full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as willenable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and usethe same.

My invention relates to penholders.

The object sought after is the provision of a penholder having animproved and simple adjustable clamp whereby the pen maybe held inposition or quickly released and a new pen substituted therefor whennecessary. This object is accomplished by the provisionof certain novelfeatures and combinations, as will appear more fully hereinafter.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of myimproved penholder, showing the clamp open; Fig. 2, a like view, butshowing the clamp closed; Fig. 3, a bottom view showing the clamp open;Fig. 4, an end elevation.

A designates the penholder-stem, and B the pen-socket secured on the endthereof. This socket is cut away longitudinally, thereby forming apocket 1, and is also provided with a longitudinal groove 2, whichextends from said pocket rearwardly almost the entire length of thesocket, said groove being extended under a small fixed ornamental collar3 into the stem A. Two limiting projections 4 and 5 are punched up fromthe upper face of the socket near the end thereof.

The clamp consists of a tubular shell 0, provided with a longitudinalslit 6 and having a rear squared end 7 and a curved and upwardly-slopingfront 8. This clamp is of such size that it will snugly, yet easily, fitwithin the pocket 1 in the manner shown.

A spring-wire 9, secured to the clamp at one end and having its otherextremity secured in the stem A under the collar 3, affords meanswhereby the clamp is adapted to remain open and projecting downwardlyfrom the pen-socket.

The groove 2 is designed for the reception of this spring when it ispressed thereinto by a sleeve 10, which is adapted for a slidingmovement on the pen -socket. Then the sleeve is at the outer end of thesocket, the clamp is closed, and when at the inner end it is open, asshown in the drawings. The collar 3 and projections 4 and 5 prevent thecollar sliding off the penholder.

In using my improved penholder the operator slides the sleeve forward,thereby closing the clamp, whereupon a pen may be inserted hen the penbecomes old and corroded, the sleeve may be slid backward, whereupon thepen will drop out, and a new one may be substituted in the manner beforedescribed.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is- In apenholder, the combination with a pensocket which is cutaway, and isalso provided with limit-stops near its outer end, said socket beingprovided with a longitudinally-extending groove, of a substantiallycylindrical clamp having a slit extending from end to end thereof, aspring-wire connected to the clamp and adapted to lie in the groove,having its other end fixed, said spring tending to keep the clamp out ofthe socket, and a sleeve slidable on the socket, the Wire, and theclamp, whereby the latter may be held in the socket.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence oftwo subscrio ing witnesses.

IVILLIAM C. MULDER.

IVitnesses:

J. P. COLEMAN, J. O. DASPIT.

